Vejen railway station

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Vejen
railway station
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Vejen station in 2023
General information
LocationBanegårdspladsen 1
6600 Vejen [1]
Vejen Municipality
Denmark
Coordinates 55°28′33″N9°8′9″E / 55.47583°N 9.13583°E / 55.47583; 9.13583
Elevation42.0 metres (137.8 ft) [2]
Owned by Banedanmark
Operated by DSB
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1874) [3]
Heinrich Wenck (1917) [4]
Other information
Station codeVn [5]
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
History
Opened3 October 1874 [2]
Rebuilt25 August 1917 [2]
Services
Preceding station DSB company logo.svg DSB Following station
Brørup
towards Esbjerg
Esbjerg-Aarhus
Regional train
Lunderskov
towards Aarhus Central
Location
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Vejen station
Location within Region of Southern Denmark
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Vejen station
Vejen station (Denmark)
Vejen railway station

Vejen railway station is a railway station serving the large railway town of Vejen between the cities of Kolding and Esbjerg in Jutland, Denmark. [1]

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Vejen railway station is located on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line from Lunderskov to Esbjerg. The station opened in 1874, and its current station building was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck in 1917. [2] It offers direct InterCity services to Esbjerg and Copenhagen and regional rail services to Esbjerg, Fredericia and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB. [1]

History

Vejen railway station opened on 3 October 1874 as one of the original intermediate stations on the Lunderskov–Esbjerg railway line. [2] After the opening of the railway line, a railway town developed around the station.

In 1917, the station became a railway junction as the Troldhede-Kolding-Vejen Railway opened the railway line from Kolding to Troldhede with a short branch line from Gesten to Vejen which was opened on 25 August 1917. [2] The Gesten–Vejen branch line was closed on 1 April 1951. [2]

Architecture

Street facade of the station building. VejenStationO.JPG
Street facade of the station building.

The original station building from 1874 was designed by the Danish architect Niels Peder Christian Holsøe (1826–1895), head architect of the Danish State Railways. [3] Its current and still existing station building from 1917 was built to designs by the Danish architect Heinrich Wenck, known for the numerous railway stations he designed across Denmark in his capacity of head architect of the Danish State Railways. [4]

Services

Vejen station offers direct InterCity services to Esbjerg and Copenhagen and regional rail services to Esbjerg, Fredericia and Aarhus, both operated by the national railway company DSB. [1]

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Vejen Station" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Vejen Station (Vn)". danskejernbaner.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  3. 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "N.P. Holsøe" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  4. 1 2 Vigand Rasmussen. "Heinrich Wenck". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  5. ↑ "Stationsforkortelser" (in Danish). DSB . Retrieved 30 November 2024.

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